National Coal Council; Open Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy

National Coal Council; Open Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is hereby given of the following

meeting:

Name: National Coal Council.

Date and Time: Wednesday, May 4, 1994, 9 a.m. to 12 Noon.

Place: The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, 1250 S. Hayes Street,

Arlington, VA 22202.

Contact: Margie D. Biggerstaff, U.S. Department of Energy,

Office of Fossil Energy (FE-5), Washington, DC 20585, Telephone:

202/586-3867.

Purpose of the Council: To provide advice, information, and

recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters relating to

coal and coal industry issues.

Tentative Agenda

--Call to order by William R. Wahl, Chairman of the National Coal

Council.

--Remarks by Chairman Wahl.

--Remarks by the Honorable Hazel R. O'Leary, Secretary of Energy

(Invited).

--Informal dialogue with the Secretary of Energy.

--A panel, made up of officials from other agencies and chaired by

the Honorable William White, Deputy Secretary of Energy, that will

discuss the Council's recent report on the Clean Coal Technology

program.

--Fifteen-minute break.

--Reports of Council's Standing Committees:

--Finance Committee--Ken Smith, Chairman

--Coal Policy Committee--Joe Craft, Chairman

--Nominating Committee--George Nicolozakes, Chairman--Election

of 1994-95 Officers

--Discussion of any other business properly brought before the

Council.

--Public comment--10-minute rule.

--Adjournment.

Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. The

Chairman of the Council is empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Any

member of the public who wishes to file a written statement with the

Council will be permitted to do so, either before or after the

meeting. Members of the public who wish to make oral statements

pertaining to agenda items should contact Margie D. Biggerstaff at

the address or telephone number listed above. Requests must be

received at least five days prior to the meeting and reasonable

provisions will be made to include the presentation on the agenda.

Transcript: Available for public review and copying at the

Public Reading Room, room 1E-190, Forrestal Building, 1000

Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Issued at Washington, DC, on April 5, 1994.

Marcia Morris,

Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 94-8592 Filed 4-8-94; 8:45 am]

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